Ratio of von Willebrand factor antigen to ADAMTS13 activity is a useful biomarker for acute-on-chronic liver failure development and prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Masahide EnomotoHiroaki TakayaTadashi NamisakiYukihisa FujinagaNorihisa NishimuraYasuhiko SawadaKosuke KajiHideto KawarataniKei MoriyaTakemi AkahaneTakashi InoueMasanori MatsumotoHitoshi Yoshiji

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2022)

For patients with liver cirrhosis, VWF:Ag/ADAMTS13:AC is associated with functional liver reserve and predicts the development of ACLF and the prognosis.

Keyphrases

liver failure
hepatitis b virus
drug induced
quantum dots
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
highly efficient